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St Dominic Savio Catholic Primary School

Primary · Woodley · RG5 3BH

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Outstanding

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 11 February 2020

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At a glance

420 pupils · 100% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
4.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
21.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.stdominicsavio.co.uk
URN
110041

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 103 families named it first for 59 Reception places, 1.75 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2024 entry went to 0.449 miles; distance decided places in 3 of the 7 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2020 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 11 February 2020, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.75 first-choice applications per place

59 places offered · 103 first-choice applications · heavily oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 0.449 miles for 2024 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2024 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.449 miles

measured in a straight line.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

6 (Other Christian Denominations)
2.49 miles

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

59 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
90%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
24%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
111
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
111
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school90%
Median of its 12 closest peers76%
Wokingham average72.1%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Bickley Primary SchoolBromley · 41 miles awayGood73%
St Thomas More Catholic Primary SchoolBexleyheath · 45 miles awayOutstanding84%
St George's, Bickley, Church of England Primary SchoolBromley · 41 miles awayExpected standard68%
Ardley Hill AcademyDunstable · 33 miles awayGood60%
Nelmes Primary SchoolHornchurch · 50 miles awayOutstanding89%
Cheam Fields Primary AcademySutton · 30 miles awayOutstanding84%
St Bede Church of England Primary SchoolWinchester · 32 miles awayGood78%
Warren Primary SchoolGrays · 52 miles awayGood69%
Auriol Junior SchoolEpsom · 29 miles awayNo current grade74%
The Tyrrells SchoolChelmsford · 63 miles awayGood80%
St Martin & St Mary Church of England Primary SchoolWindermere · 218 miles awayGood47%
Walker Primary SchoolLondon · 35 miles awayGood85%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 27% (Wokingham 54%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 19% (Wokingham 11%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 11% (Wokingham 3%, England 3%) · Any other White background 10% (Wokingham 7%, England 7%) · Asian Pakistani 9% (Wokingham 5%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Wokingham 3%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Wokingham 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 3% (Wokingham 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Wokingham 2%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 2% (Wokingham 0%, England 1%) · Black African 2% (Wokingham 2%, England 5%) · Not recorded 2% (Wokingham 2%, England 1%) · White Irish 2% (Wokingham 0%, England 0%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Wokingham 4%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Wokingham 2%, England 3%) · other groups together 0%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
3.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
5.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.66 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Wokingham: 1.69 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
25.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

96% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

43.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 10.8 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £47,362; 17.4% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£6,331
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 82% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £215,047; in-year balance -£23,127

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher41.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work46.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways8.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health54.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier88%62.3%
Social housing2.4%17.1%
Privately rented9.6%20.5%
Detached houses44.7%22.9%
Flats5.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms40.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01016684 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£475,000334 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£400,000–£594,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (104)£677,500
Semi-detached (138)£471,000
Terraced (54)£390,000
Flat (38)£235,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.72 km, 2024 entry): 186 sales, median £472,500. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
3an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
16an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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